toxeth and lympstone changing places Flashcards
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where is Lympstone
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on the beast of the river exe around 15km south of Exeter. near Exeter airport, in Devon
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where’s Toxteth
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liverpool, part of inner Liverpool around 1.5km south of the city centre
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physical/nature Lympstone
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- occurs on a small valley cut by wotton brook, through the red breccia cliffs
- extensive tidal mudflats extended out into a estuary
- few km to the sea
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physical/nature Toxteth
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- next to the river mersey and flows into Liverpool bay
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past/historic lympstone
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- saxons established it
- ownership of the area transferred to a succession of French families
- by the 13th century it was one of a number of small ports
- maintained strong links to the sea as shipbuilding thrived into 19th century
- in 1840 many tourists/wealthy famailes moved to lympstone
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past/historic toxteth
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- lots of riots
- Saxons established the settlement and given to king John
- it was given to knight, Roger of pictou after the Norman conquest, king John then took control of the area in 13th century where to became hunting ground for royals
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present day demographic population lympstone
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- in 1961 the population was around 1600 and has then gradually increased
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present day demographic population toxteth
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- unemployment+racism
- 37.5% unemployment rate in 2010
- younger demographic with few elderly residents
- majority of residents between 16-64
- ethnic profile become more divers
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socio economic lympstone
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- in lympstone 98.9% of people are white
- over half of the people follow christianity with 42% not following one at all
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socio economic toxteth
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- 2/3 children live in poverty
- new big Tesco has provided over 100 new jobs
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culture lympstone
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- the rhythm of the cultural year is a long established one based upon the christian year
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culture toxteth
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- major muslim festivals such as Eid and Ramadan
- toxteths cultural diversity stretches back to 19th century
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census lympstone
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- around 2,325 people
- 984 households
- most houses detached
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census toxteth
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- 78% of people white, 6% asian
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political lymsptone
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- has a parish council with eleven elected people serving on the body. the parish council has various powers and duties all focused on local matters